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The Role The role event is a programme that seeks to educate the media, security services and the political parties about peaceful, free and fair elections.

Elections can be a key element either in both conflict resolution and conflict escalation. Therefore, free and fair elections are essential for democracy consolidation and conflict prevention. In a democratic society, the media have the duty to disseminate information that aims at influencing the way voters cast their ballot and citizens must have adequate information to make informed choices. The

professionalism of the Media is crucial during elections periods. The Media must therefore be taught how to report on campaigns and elections, how to organise televised debates, how to produce programming about elections and the electoral process and, most importantly, how to maintain transparent elections and hold elected officials accountable for decisions. This training programme is designed to take media practitioners at every level, through the essentials
of elections reporting and an overview of the basic skills required to establish and maintain high levels
of professionalism in their work particularly at this time. The course consists of a series of workshops covering a Five (5) day period that will cover introductory concepts about elections and specific techniques for reporting on elections.

04/08/2016

The Presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has named former Miss Ghana Brigitte Dzogbenuku as his running mate for the 2016 general elections. Madam Dzo…

A seminar for peace advocates, media, security services etc.. 1 Like = 1 Peace in election 2016.
16/07/2016

A seminar for peace advocates, media, security services etc.. 1 Like = 1 Peace in election 2016.

14/07/2016

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24/06/2016

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there"
-- Kofi Annan

The media plays a major role in keeping the citizenry abreast of current events and raising awareness of various issues ...
01/06/2016

The media plays a major role in keeping the citizenry abreast of current events and raising awareness of various issues in any society. It also has an extremely significant impact on the public’s views and way of thinking. The media is the primary means through which public opinion is shaped and at times manipulated. If this is the media’s role then in normal course of events, it becomes even more vital in exceptional periods, one of which is electoral junctures, when the media becomes a primary player. Elections constitute a basic challenge to the media, putting its impartiality and objectivity to the test. The task of the media, especially national media outlets, is not and should not be to function as a mouthpiece for any government body or particular candidate. Its basic role is to enlighten and educate the public and act as a neutral, objective platform for the free debate of all points of view...

19/05/2016

“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
― Abraham Lincoln

15/05/2016
Meet our team of experts from Wayamo Foundation (www.wayamo.com) on 26th of August, 2016 for a Seminar on "The Role of t...
11/05/2016

Meet our team of experts from Wayamo Foundation (www.wayamo.com) on 26th of August, 2016 for a Seminar on "The Role of the Media in Elections". For Inquiries, please call: 0302815476 / 0200395949 or email us: [email protected]

In elections, the professionalism of the Media is crucial. The Media is often used to disseminate electoral information,...
06/05/2016

In elections, the professionalism of the Media is crucial. The Media is often used to disseminate electoral information, and as such, plays several very important roles. The power of the Media to reach so many potential voters, and the faith of the citizens in what it reads on the newspapers, hears on the radio, and sees on TV, gives the Media a responsibility towards the public to provide accurate, fair, and balanced reporting, and in its advertising, to ensure equal access and treatment to all.

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